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How to create WinPE bootable disk Windows 10?

Step1Download the Windows ADK for Windows 10. Then download the Windows PE add-on for the ADK for Windows (Some versions need it). It contains the CopyPE and MakeWinPEMedia command-line utilities.

PS: Please check your windows version carefully! MICROSOFT REMOVED WINDOWS PE FOLDERS FROM WINDOWS ADK 10 V1809 , BUT IT CAN BE DOWNLADED AS ADDS ON ADK.

Step 2. Launch this ADK tool, select the “Install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit-Windows 10 to this computer” and click “Next”.

Step 3. On the subsequent page, click “Next” and then “Accept”.

Step 4. Tick “Deployment Tools” and “Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)” options and click “Install”. And install Windows PE add-on for the ADK for Windows too.

Step 5. When the installation process is finished, click “Close”.

Step 6. Open the Start menu and go to “Windows Kits”. Right-click “Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment” and select “More”> “Run as administrator”.

Step 7. When it runs, execute the command:

copype amd64 G:\WinPEx64

PS: Replace G:\ with your drive letter

Tip: If you are using 32-bit Windows 10, run the command:

copype x86 G:\WinPEx86

Step 8. Execute the command:

MakeWinPEMedia /ISO G:\WinPEx64 G:\WinPEx64\WPE64.iso

When you see “100% complete” and “Success”, it means you’ve successfully created WinPE files.

Step 9. Now you can navigate to the G drive where you created the WinPE files. There you will see a WinPE iso file.

Then you can connect the target disk to the computer, and burn ISO files to it to make it bootable. For this task, you can use Windows To Go (an available feature in Windows 10 Education/Enterprise/Pro and Windows 8/8.1 Enterprise).

Step 10. Type “Windows To Go” in the search box to launch this tool.

Step 11. It will automatically search for all inserted USB drives. Choose the destination USB drive and then “Next” to continue.

Step 12. Click “Add search location” to search for the Windows installation ISO file and choose the mounted ISO file.

Step 13. In the next window, you can set a BitLocker password to encrypt your Windows To Go workplace.

At last, you will get a WinPE bootable disk for Windows 10.

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